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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
3
A Gallup Gallup Chronicle excerpt describes Democratic overreach after winning control with Republican help. It cites threats of vendetta against opponents, missteps by the new town board, and a public loss of trust as the party’s grip weakens and scrutiny grows.
Begle a Navajo youth bound over to the grand jury on charges of stealing a 200 pound sack of wool from George Sampson's warehouse. He sold the wool to Lew Myers. Meyers filed larceny charges. Also reports on Navy enlistee Jack Young set to become a third class yeoman and other local notices and town board deliberations.
Reports of an oil strike at Mesa Verde Oil Company near Aztec San Juan County draw crowds to the scene. Drilling at 800 feet shows potential 200 barrel daily flow with gas shows and casing pressure. A high grade palatine base oil similar to the Gallup seep is reported. Land near Aztec and east of Gallup is being leased by Oklahoma parties amid plans for a broader Gallup oil field. Also noted is the birth of Lynette Eloise Newcomb in St Mary hospital Crozier to Mr and Mrs A E Newcomb.
Palmer Ketner Jr learns his son Palmer Jr. in the Marine Corps has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in France. Ralph in Texas trains recruits. Both Ketners born in Gallup and educated there. Also reports a local farmers meeting on the Zuni Mountains at Page forming an association for marketing crops and improving potato treatment to prevent scab and grain to prevent smut.
Peter Delaurenti, a 17 year old volunteer from Heaton, died July 24 in a London hospital after serving in the United States Army in France and aerial service. He enlisted about a year ago under the name Catti, his mother’s former name. Born in this county to Italian parents, his remains will be interred in England. His death marks the second local Italian descent soldier from the county to succumb to illness in service.
A lengthy cable from Food Administrator P. W. Ritter urges strict economy and waste elimination in food handling across the United States and Allied nations to support European Front needs. Gallup moves Ritter groovy Store to larger Hart block quarters for expanded operations. Purdy office and Santa Fé agents relocate to renovated old frame station building with three bright rooms.
Government orders halt recruiting of coal miners and require scrutiny of applicants with coal ties. Fuel administration notes national coal production 12 percent below target with 9 million tons short, mainly in the East, prompting limits on domestic coal sales and wood price controls. Local mentions include officer training and a lineage of volunteers.
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